Kabuki

David Mack's Kabuki launched in 1999 under Image Comics, a singular creator-owned series that blends striking painted art with a cyberpunk-tinged narrative. Mack, serving as both writer and artist, crafts a visually lush, introspective story centered on a government agent in a near-future Japan, exploring identity and symbolism. Though it began with a single issue under the Wizard imprint, the series' reputation rests on its ambitious, wholly original fusion of fine art and sequential storytelling.